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by Geoff McDonnell gmcdonne bigpond
Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:41 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: SD and other modelling approaches
Replies: 11
Views: 10652

SD and other modelling approaches

Posted by ""Geoff McDonnell"" <gmcdonne@bigpond.net.au> At the Health Policy SIG WIKI of the SD Society there are several pages devoted to this area, particularly the use of both classicial difference equation SD and agent based or ""emergent"" SD. http://www....
by Geoff McDonnell gmcdonne bigpond
Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:32 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Explaining Validation
Replies: 11
Views: 8302

Explaining Validation

Posted by ""Geoff McDonnell"" <gmcdonne@bigpond.net.au> John, your words below reminded me of Gary Klein's Sources of Power work at http://www.decisionmaking.com/approach/sourcesofpower.html He talks about the way highly time-stressed experts make decisions (esp in medical milita...
by Geoff McDonnell gmcdonne bigpond
Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:03 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: ANNOUNCE PhD Scholarships at UNSW Sydney
Replies: 0
Views: 2963

ANNOUNCE PhD Scholarships at UNSW Sydney

Posted by ""Geoff McDonnell"" <gmcdonne@bigpond.net.au> HCF Health and Medical Research Foundation PhD Scholarships in Health Systems Simulation (see www.hpsig.com for further background) Centre for Health Informatics, University of New South Wales, Sydney www.chi.unsw.edu.au App...
by Geoff McDonnell gmcdonne bigpond
Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:04 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: ANNOUNCE Health Policy SIG Wiki Site
Replies: 0
Views: 2707

ANNOUNCE Health Policy SIG Wiki Site

Posted by ""Geoff McDonnell"" <gmcdonne@bigpond.net.au> The Health Policy Special Interest Group HPSIG has a new wiki website at www.hpsig.com to foster ongoing online collaboration. Its main purpose is to develop the definitive source, the Health System Dynamics Wikipedia. Take ...
by Geoff McDonnell gmcdonne bigpond
Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:23 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Combining Discrete and Continous
Replies: 10
Views: 13158

Combining Discrete and Continous

Posted by ""Geoff McDonnell"" <gmcdonne@bigpond.net.au> Lou In health systems simulation it is not uncommon to use DES/DEV with SD in modeling patient flows esp thru ED, ICU and ORs. DEV matches the way data is collected, but SD better represents the feedback effects associated w...
by Geoff McDonnell gmcdonne bigpond
Sat Dec 03, 2005 12:58 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Aggregation and Behavior
Replies: 2
Views: 6238

Aggregation and Behavior

Posted by ""Geoff McDonnell"" <gmcdonne@bigpond.net.au> Francisco I have also been grappling with this problem in health systems simulation for many years. My way of handling it is this: Most people consider SD as a highly aggregated view of the system. However, we are really try...
by Geoff McDonnell gmcdonne bigpond
Sun Aug 14, 2005 1:02 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Essential Health Policy Readings
Replies: 2
Views: 3914

Essential Health Policy Readings

Posted by ""Geoff McDonnell"" <gmcdonne@bigpond.net.au> Hi Sanjoy There is a vast amount of Literature on Health Policy and Program Interventions, and much less using System Dynamics Modeling and other simulation techniques. The health policy special interest group (HPSIG) of the...
by Geoff McDonnell gmcdonne bigpond
Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:21 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Aggregation Techniques
Replies: 13
Views: 9206

Aggregation Techniques

Posted by ""Geoff McDonnell"" <gmcdonne@bigpond.net.au> J.J. Laublé wrote> >>I do not see the interest of studying the Bass diffusion examples of xjtek >>when there is a 15 days trial version of their software. >>15 days is ridiculous to see the real interest of such a tool. To c...
by Geoff McDonnell gmcdonne bigpond
Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:08 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Aggregation Techniques
Replies: 13
Views: 9206

Aggregation Techniques

Posted by ""Geoff McDonnell"" <gmcdonne@bigpond.net.au> Andy Ford wrote: >> When they come up with a good model of customer >> choice among discrete options, we can implement their model of customer >> choice within a larger, system dynamics model of the system that is >> probabl...
by Geoff McDonnell gmcdonne bigpond
Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:22 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Aggregation Techniques
Replies: 13
Views: 9206

Aggregation Techniques

Posted by ""Geoff McDonnell"" <gmcdonne@bigpond.net.au> J.J. Laublé. Allocar rent a car wrote:. you need to study the average behaviour of all the demands that share the same characteristics. There are 9 combinations of the different values of the characteristics, And only 6 obse...